The Sun. — London, England, 1826-09-07 00:00:00

'POOR LAWS-lIMAND. As a very general feeling is beginning to gain ground of the necessity of extending the system of the English Poor Laws to Ireland, we think it will not be uninte- resting to our Readers to present ,them with an extract from a very able pamphlet on the English Po**Laws, published in .180,. in which this measure was first suggested, and recommended to be adopted. The pamphlet to which we allude was a Letter to the Right Hon, GEottoE C ANN I 144 - 3 on the Prin ciple and the Administration of the ,English Poor Laws." It was published anonymously, but is known be from the pen of the Reir . . W. CARMALT, of Putu i ey ; mid for: practical information, correct views, and sound reasoning, it stands unrivalled amongst the numerous pamphlets to which this subject has given tirth, Most write on the Poor Laws have fbundeci their opinions on theoretical principles, while the opi. Mons contained in the pamphlet to which we allude, appear to have been drawn from experience, obtained in the succesafnkxnanagement of the , affairs of the pariah in, which the author resides ; guided by a power- ful judgment and discrimination, a thorough know ' ledge of human nature, and a perseverance capable of resisting and overcoming the obstacles thrown in the way of every gentleman who interferes with parochial concerns, The opinion of such a writer, of the benefits which would result to Ireland from the introduction of the system of Poor Laws ,is entitled to mudi consideration. 'We strongly recommend a perusal of the whole of this pamphlet .to those who wish to learn how to inatian'e the poor fundtrof their parish, as well as to those who endeavour, by gleaning from the writings of all'who enter into this wide subject, to .come to some jwst. conclusion upon a question so full of dill - leaks as that 'of the Poor Laws. !‘ I should have condemned mentlicity.as a mode of supporting an indigent population as unceremoniously, and with as brief a no tice as I have despatched the first six moth's which I haVe enu merated, were it not the prevailing, and I believe, with very few lival . eXceptions, the only resource Inc pauperism in a considerabl e part of the lb•itish European dominions, Ireland. On comparing the state of Ireland with that of England at this day, with a view • to illustrate 'the effect of the English Poor LaWs, it is impossible not to remark, that nearly three centuries ago, when there existed a great similarity of national condition between the two countries, the Irish and English Parliaintelts were legislating in the same spirit, and adopting the : sante provisions for pauperism. In the r sign of llen. VIII. both the Legislatures complain, in almost the, same terms, of the general prevalence and mischievous effects of . vsrancy said suendieity, and by statute make provision for li eensin the aged and impotent poor to beg, and flir punishing va ,• • r ,and mighty strong beggars. At this period the two Par • '44 .4 -were acting under the same necessity, and With equal , oavi Ater abating the nuisance.' Front this petite! the Irish Le gislature does not appear to.biwe interfered to'ereate.iiny final, or .hi Corm:any regularinstitution for the maintenance of the indigent. faer, the Ii tb and 12th Geo. 111., cap. 3t), was passed, by wbitsli corporations were established for the purpose in every comity, county,of a city, mot county of a town. The 211 and 24 rap, On, aural tin 46.Sipo. 111., cop. Ott, were. passed to supply tl,e deticiences in 'the 11 and 1` Geo. 111., cap. 30. lum not aware that these Acts, hive been put in force in any part of /resod. Had the attempt been made, they would have been found deficient; in practical regulations, and the pecuniary re they provided would have been inadequate to the' object. In Ireland, then, the resource for indigence is begging. In 1601, the English Legislature gave up the hopeless struggle for an mud tainable object, for an industrious a tranquil, and a starving Ito- pulation, and passed the 43 Eliz., cap. 2, which provided ode plate support for ell cases of real want, and power to compel the , idle to Work, with practical regulations for cariying its objects into effect. No.branch of whine! policy, in any country,. Ihe • , Bowe, has met with more unequivocal censure, both at home and abroad, than the English poor system ; in Ireland it is contem plated with undiagiiiaefl ahharrence. It is, true that the English system has been !mewled with a large annual expenditure; but can Ireland see nothing in the tranquillity, opulence, and comfort of the general population of the country to compensate for the Ca critics? The humanity of the Irish people I believe to bedeserv ing of all the praise that 'has been or can he bestowed upon it, and that all, from , the highest to the lowest in rank, are always disposed to relieve the vagrant poor. But general vagrancy is so evil of no ordinary magnitude. When an Englishman pays his ouote towards the maintenance of the aged or disabled poor of his. district, the probability is, that he is contributing to the support of thoie by whose previous exertions he has been directly or bull reetly:henefitted ; and, when he is Remind for the relhif of sick ness end infancy, he is only rendering temporary assistance to those byWhose subeequent labour he may be requited; hut an Lich cottager, in relieving a professional beggar, has neither to recompeswe a service to himself or the community, nor any future indemnity to expect from the object of hie - benevolence. • An in ! diseriOnata distributional charity, where there arc no preventive measures in force, 'mist also tend to encourage and multiply, with out limit, the race of beggars. As to utility to the State, the hi hooting and poor population of the two countries will still less beer a comparnion. To what extant the turbulent dieporiition of the lower class of people in heland is to be attributed to the O fferable condition in Which they exist, I have not sufficient know ledge of the country to form a guess, and it will probably be denied, by those who object to the introduction of compulsory relief for the poor, that it has ever heen, even . remotely or partially, the cause of the insurrectionary disturbances which hare er, often. pre. veiled there, though the history of the country in 182! would go far to prove it ; but I am quite sure that the projectors of a seheme for embarraseing or overthrowing a Government could not wish for more suitable subjects to work upon than a brave, hardy, athletic and enterprising people in a state of vagrancy and wretchedness. " A proposal for assisting the poor when in actual want in Ire land, by compulsory assessment, would probably be met by a 'statement of the difficulty of raising sufficient means for inch a 'purpose: But es there is in Ireland property , particularly landed Property, 'productive to its owners, and that productiveness , i 4 l : 4, a t tea d t i e tr r w o t r a less . degree, by the atesistinwe of the labour istg tsertainly net i nsuperable; and their right to partial r, c is . t w attil . ,7l. l . , o e sn the poewssors of property, the an vnetovlallisoef t irb , labour, is ,t _ e retely,nominal, without the inter. , endit . tv aible the same principles as those on which Ita: e e fiers w,,en cured to estAsblitili the right , of English labourers to want, from the . general pro perty of the country. An ll ' sacs an Irish proprietor are placed, on this point, on very notetial s er f Tess an estate, which, after Out 4,4 11 ,6, 14. 11 "eh should pus mof all national and l imposts, except the poor rate , should annually I I fee 14 or:: the:English owner mu st consent to leavor the - can touch any part of it , about tin eighth of th e U,4,,,L" 1 ' m 'ef"s )1 he find the whole available to I, l l °M. ' whilst the brush owner wou ld private purposes, and thu s two estate* of e q ual valis e would return to their respective owners—the one 7,00f/L t and the . 4 0 40:8 , 000 1 ) per annum. Ido not see that the Irish owner can torgute, un equitable principles, his liability to a deduction from the proceede of his estate fur the occasional relief of the labourers who are ern ployed upon it, except he' can show that the remuneration they re ceive is ailegitate to an their certain and accidental wants, 4 ‘ The general prevalence of pauperism, and the superabundance. of population, have been urged at objections to a code of poor laws for Ireland ; but these are evils which havegrown upon the coun try from the want of some well-adapted means for assisting una voidable indigence, and compelling the idlelo work ; and they who have caused the mischief are not the only people who are to be heard when the application of a remedy , is discussed. The same iiiinge has been made against the Engin& aystem ; but it will be observed that I am only advocating the spirit anti intent of the English laws, which are wholly guiltless of such a copse quenee, and not their administcation, which I shall he among the first to condemn. E n glish ttutiiierop, whd is compelled by law finpply:the differenee,,between the wants and the means of sup 7 porting life among the lean of the distritst in which his Wine is si tuated, has an interest in preventing the productiou of labittirers beyond the demand, and he is constantly found opposing the niul- tiplication of cottages, and so regulating the work to he performed en his estate, as to afford a constant succession of employment. to his labourers. An Irish landiarek, on the contrary, who has not to apprehend the consequences of a compulsory levy fur maintain ing an aged,4tickly, or superfluous population, has not the same interest in 'opposing an over production of the labouring ,class. Whilst he can obtain a high rent for a small inelosure of lot:atop- - ground, and the erection of a Iliad hovel, he is not deterred by the possibility of subsequent expense from permitting or encouraging; the indentation of his estate by the establishment of such fruitful' nurseries of pauperism and idleness nor is it possible to account for the appearance of much fine property in that country being thus disfigured in the neighbourhood of populous towns, and by the ?rides of public roads, except ,we suppose such ;Tots to be good begging eituations. " When the wretCheffeondition of the lower class of the Irish 4t alluded to, we are often referred to the nun-residence of opulerit proprietors as the cause of it. , I believe absenteeship to be much 'oftener the effect than the cause of the semi-barbarism of thecourt. try. The spirit 'of the Constitution is wholly adverse to a was pulsory residence, and till that spirit be gone, a migratory liberti cannot be withdrawn. Residence in a country, whence not milk the means of living, hut of comfortable and ,splendid enjoyment, are drawn, may be exalted into a duty, but of that imperfect obliS gallon, that when either health, the education of children, a quirk pillow, or even social' predilection, is set against it, it would not have that weight in the scale which Ireland would wish it to have. But residences - alone, if it could he enfortA, Would not be sun dent ; for oflithat use would the preeence,of an individual be, except he were *objected to a compulsory expenditure, which is still less consistent with constitutional rights ? And, if the whole returns of the best estate in Ireland were spent in the support anti the hospitalities of the mansion-house, the influence of that expetis. &ore would IniVe little effect in bettering the condition of those attached to a large estate, except in the immediate vicinity where it was disbursed. " Ia the reign of Ilemy. VIII., when the lords of the soil were generally resident on their estates, the evils of pauptrion and va grancy, of which Ireland now complains, were as prevalent in both England and Ireland as they are in the latter country at the present day, Under the English policy, subsequently to that reign, has grown up an intermediate population, which, if it hat not rendered the residence or non-residence of the proprietors of soil a matter of indifference, goes far to compensate for their ab sence. Complaints are never heard from Liverpool, Manchester, and a thousand other places which might be- named, of the ab sence of ground landlords, nor its any thriving' agricultural district would their presence be felt, in any sensible degree, as converting poverty into plenty.. Few landlords are more than temporarily resident on their estates, and, when there, have little temptation Or inclination to incur a large expenditure,•bitt reserve the bulk of their' incenses for circulation in places to which they are attracted by other considerations 'than those of property and tenantry. However delightful it may he to witness the interchange of duties between the high and the low, to see charitable and humane at tentions repaid by gratitude and attachment, it is not upon the bounty of an individual family that a. poor population ought to be encouraged to rely fur the supply of their real wawa. A better race of subjects for all national purposes are those who look for support to the skill, industry, and capital which are engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits, which can constantly and fairly remunerate their labour." The author of thiS pamphlet then goes on to assert that any plan for ameliorating the condition of the Irish to be effectual, must have its ground-work in a measure which shall have the power of correcting and eradicating their erratic and mendicant .• habits. Laws which are intended to alter the habits of a nation,.must convince the.coininon sense of the. majority that they are foUnd , - ed in reason and justice ; a Character which doeS not belong to the Irish statutes on this subject, which acknowledge the existence of pauperism, and,forbid vagrancy.' and mendicity, without providing any sub stitute for them. An Irishman's plea for begging is necessity ; and. he 'cannot be answered by asserting that there is any local provision for unavoidable indi gence, or adequate employment for labour. The un settled' state of the country is an effectual bar to the lrowth of that species of population, which, in Eug and, is above tall value as a tenures* of available wealth to the State, and of comfortable existence to the poor. The introduction of a poor system, similar to that of England, with a better machinery for its management, is a 'necessary accompaniment to any attempt, either by fOrce or conciliation, which can ever hope to tranquil . lize the country, as to encourage the investment of ca pital' in' business, promote domestic trade, and the culation of money in the internal ,parts of the island,' • and produce that important' link. in . society, without which Ireland, can . lettlicr be very happy or quiet. , The argumenti. of this pamphlet appear to.us to be altogether Irresistible, and we hope that the con sideration of the question of extending the. English system of Poor Laws to Ireland, in which we see so much .justice as well as 'expediency, will be taken up by the new Parliament in . a very early stage of its existence. • ; ,•. • FRENCH PAPERS. (Prom the Elate.) PARIS, rtiEl , T , •t.=--It is not true, as reported by the Drupean Blente . and the ennstitutionnel, that 4,000 men, under the orders of Misag, - have overrun Catalonia, pro claiming Charles V. The latter of these Journalists goes even the length of asserting, that they have attempted to take possession of Seo d'Urgel.. We beg to inform the Novelist •of the Dropenu.Blane, that there is a French garrison in , Seo d'Urgel. A letter frOm Tarsus of the 30th May, states, that the plague his committed dreadful ravages'at Adana • the living can no longer inter the dead. In a n umb er of quarters, which have been shut up, the few survivors that have not been attacked by the plague, are dying of diseases, gene, rated by the dead bodied, left rotting in the houses. The Pasha, who arrived there four days before, has communi cated the infection to Taraiis. From 15 to 20, out of every 50 attacked, have died 'there. At Adana, on the contrary, 49 nut of every 50 attacked, have died. Captain Parry, so celebrated by his voyages in the North Sea, is ut present in Paris. (From the Journal des Debuts.) PRIVATE CORRF,SPONDENCE. Limitary, Auti. , 20.—The Princess Regent, by a decree of the 17th, has dissolved the commission charged with the fixing of the place for the meeting of the Chainberii of Peers and Deputies. Her Highness, giving: due praise to the zeal of the Commissioners, and approving the restilt of their labours, appoints for the sittings of the Cham ber of Peers, one side of the Palace of Roeio, and for those of the Chamber of Dephties, the apartments now occupied by the junta de Juros at the Terreiro de Pace. Her Royal Highness also directs, that the necessary changes shall be immediately commenced in both places, for the new destinations assigned to them. By another- Decree, her Highness commands, in virtue' of article 14.5 of the Charter, which empowers her to make those alterations for which a law is not necessary, the suppression of special commissions in civil find crimi nal matters., The Commandant of Tras-os-Montes 111111OUTICCII, by a letter,. dated 12th August,: that he had caused the arrest, in the villages of , Vinemes and Algoze, of tWo agents of the rebels, who had taken refuge at Zamora, in Spain. It is said that the Count de Villa Real is to be appointed Portuguese Ambassador at Madrid, instead of M. Gomez, who resided h * continuance in Madrid for seventeen has lux:ro there as Charge d' Affaires, and who, from years in succes sion , me too eompletelv identified with the principles* absolute pow '. ' polder to be to fulfil his functions under a representative govern able ment. (!turn the Pilote.) _ . i _. VlA.l3l`Allt COR3I.ESP(NDYNCX) AUGSBURIIII, AUG, 29.--The last - news received from COnstmoinople by Way orucharest (throe h which a g courier dispatt•hed by the 'R uss i an Em b assy passed on the liith in great haste t o Ak erman) ' is by no Means i at i s f se - B, tory. According to, this. news, Which, hOwever, requires confirtnatimi, the Capital o f the ()atonal' Empire has been the theatre of some tumultuous an d s a ngu i nar y s cenes.— It appears that the Sultan, in pursuing his plans of reform, has not paid sufficient respect to the religious feelings of tlii; people, and what perhaps is worse, he has not been sufficiently mindful of the old and cherished customs of the Mussulmen. Almost universal discontent has been the rrecessary consequence of so unwise and imprudent a procedure, and the disposition of men's minds which had been kept.', down some time from fear inspired by the violent measures of the Reformers, at length displayed Itself,' by an insurrection of the populace of that immense City t to which even the Ulemas,_ whose subsei7vience had , prevnusty ; L WTI . confidently relied on, were; it is supposed, not altogether strangers. On the day of the 4th; at the very moment that the Sultan was to go to the,Grand Mosque, to offer his customary prayers, the fermentatiml, which, up to that time , had been displayed only by a su len silence, burst out hi seditious cries among the crowl assembled round the place where his HiglmeSs had to past. The soldiers of the Grand Seignior of the new organiza tion disposed themselves to seize the most ontrageoui, but they opposed n resistance,which was not perhaps expected, and compelled the mddiers to retrace their steps towards the Seraglio. The mob began to follow up this, apparent advantage, but: they were severely repnlsed; and for that cline, their rash attempts had no other effect than to make some hundreds of the boldest bite the dust. During the night and next clay, strong patrols scoured the streets of Qmsts, , '::: , !ple, and of the suburbs, in eve 4 sense s h rug h t o i g one who appeared suspicion*. The courier la& .!11, , , While these things were going 04, and did not , conscqucgal , leant the final result of this cash (Front thttnropeau Blanc.). (PRIVATE CORRIAPONDENCE'.) MADRID, AUG, I.—The Portuguese Government has formally- demanded of ours that it should send back tho regiments that have sought shelter in Spain. Our Gq vernment. replied, that iNonittend them back when Pot tugal bad driven from her territory the Spanish Liberals who had conspired against their country. The Cabinet M' Lisbon sent a second note, in which, without making meri tion of the soldiers, it made a demand of the arms that bail been taken from he different regiments by the Spanish Authorities, previous to their being sent into the interior of Spain. This second note was deliberated on in a Coun cil of Ministers, when M. de Zambrano despatched the necessary orders for the delivery of the arms to the Poe tugnese Commissioners appointed by their Government to receive them. A Portuguese gentleman, charged with a mission from . Lisbon, arrived in Madrid, on the Ist of the month. The object of this mission was to receive from her Serene. Highness the Princess de Beira, the oath of fidelity to the Constitution. Her Highness refused to take the oath; and, in consequence, all her property in Portugal has been confiscated. (From the Courier Francais.) PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. ~ . MADRID, .Afro . ; 24.--The • departure *of Mr. Lamb, for the Royal residence of San Ildephonso, has given rise to numerous conjectures. This Minister - left the capital nearly at the same time as the. Royal Family. Of this journey, twn versions are given ; according to one, Mt. Lamb, by means, of a go-between, keeps up a contintull communication with the king; according to ,the other, the diplomatist goes to the Royal residence merely in oi der to enjoy the fine weather. The only Minister who followed his Majesty was M. Calomtude : it is said, howi ever, that M. Salmon also has orders to go to San Iltki phonsa, as soon as ' he attended to some very importaUt affairs, for it appears, his predecessor, whether from inca pacity or indolence, has left every thing in such a state, fc, fully to occupy M. Salmon for some time to come. PARIS, SEPT.3.—Letters from Warsaw announce, that lie Grand Duke Constantine was occupied, from the I Stli to the 224 July, in visiting the Polish Governments under his superiutetniroteo. ills Royal Ilighness, . after inspect iii t z the troops of Lithuania, arrited on the 19th at 'West- I .ithowsky. It is quite certain, that he will not assist at the Coronation at Moscow. , GREECE. (From the Journal des Debuts.) ZANTE, AUG. 13.—The most authentic letters from Napoli di Romania announce that the military affairs of the Morea have taken a turn favourable to the Greeks. Ibra him Pacha, who thought be had reduced the Mainoteii, found himself 'attacked by them has soon as he set foot c] 1 their territory., hills cavalry, and even his regular infant:o were useless to .him in the defiles, which were occupied by the Mainote sharp-shooters., Three battles, each more bloody than the preceding one, forced him to m ake a dig* trous retreat, and his army, reduced to' 7,000 men rendered incapable of making any farther attempt. It is a pity that the Greeks are not prepared to attack him In their turn. The 4000 Routueliotes, who came to NapOli to be paid and re-equipped, wish to march to the succour of Athens, which defends itself bravely against Redschid Pacha. The city is provided with provisions and warlike stores. Redschid cannot take the • Acropolis, as he is without artillery—perhaps not the city. What most pre vents the Greeks from acting on the offensive is the state of disorganization from which the regular troops (taktikoi) are but Just escaped. Fahvier labours with all his might to re-organize them. Sylta, AUG. I.—At length the naval campaign has opened. A division of the fleet of the Capitan after having taken some troops of the disembarkation pt Scio and Mitylene, presented himself before Samos the 27th July. it seems he rfekoned onetime treason formed' by the aid of foreign gold, and on some dissensions tweet' the Greek inhabitants and the Albanians. A rumour was spread, - that Logotheti, the Chief of the island, kept a vessel in readiness to save himself as soon as the Turkish fleet 4hotild appear. These sinister omens have not been fulfilled hitherto at least. The valiant Sactouris having' come up with or, according td some accounts, 40 ships, attacked the Turks on the 28th July, and burnt one of their largest ships. The Greek fire-ships haVe scarcely suffered any thing. The Turkish fleet took to flight, but took second thoughts on the 29th, and returned to the neighbourhood of the island, when a terrible con flict took place, This fight was still continued on the 30th, and every thing seemed to presage the, final success of the Greeks. ! - • EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, JUNE VI, 1826.—8 y letters received from Cairo, we learn that the Consul General had re ceived presents from India ' 'which had been left in the will of the late Nativanb of the Carnatic for the Pacha of Egypt, as Guardian of' the. Holy Land, Mecca, Medina, &c. it appears that he had bequeathed a lac of rupees, of which 60,000 were to be distributed in the above-mentioned places, and the rest conveyed in presents to his Highness the Pacha. . _ On.the 17th. i nstant, ai r . s a lt, the Consul-General pie. seined the N auvau b' s lett C r , wra pped up i n . silver mu s lin,' and sealed with a seal about the laze of a crown of a hat, which. his Highness received most graciously. The pre sons in four l arge eases were t h e n di s pl a y e d, consisting of several rich. sh aw l s, go ld cloths and embroidered 'tousling, a gold watch w i t h a sing i ng bi;d that rose hem the cOVar, with seals of various devices; a hand sonic clock, a' spyi ng glass, a ruby ring, a gun and a splendid ithaill; that dis charges 24. charges one after the other; without being loaded, a rich mounted dagger, and a scimitar of gro4t value. The sacra office held by his Highness ,the Paclia has brought him intOxelations with the MahomedauPrinees, of India, (nal he is much regarded by them; but, um sidering that hi s Highness' is entirely governed by foreign influence; 'it i s s i ngu l ar to see the British Government be come a mediu m o f thi s intelligence. The intrigues•Of 41 e French Gov ernment exc i te great suspicion in this eountil , and whatever maybe their Object, or their end, they cr," not.be exerted beneficially for the Briti s h i n t e rests in in " 1 , ..It has afforded great satisfactinti to British, residents !it Alexandria, that his Majesty's ship SA* has been atn.'9 l .' - ed to this port an d i ts ne i g hbo u rh o od as a station. A wig of war is also exp e ct e d . A case of piracy having occurred LONDON, THURSDAY EVENIka, SEPT. 7, 1820. CONSPIRACY IN PORTUGAL. His MAJESTY'S packet brig, Magnet, has, arrived at Falmouth, bringing papers and letters from Lisbon . to the 27th ult., communicating the important in telligence, that a- conspiracy, having for its object the overthrow of the Regency and of the New Institutions of the Kingdom, had been discovered and defeated. The chief instruments of rebellion appear to have been four companies of mounted Police, excited and 'directed by 'Chiefs not belonging - to that • corps ; and it would seem that they meditated' the de struction of 'the PRlNeass REGENT, and the establishment of an absolute Govirnment on the ruins of the institutions lately established. The mea sures taken were su opportunely and well 'arranged, that the execution of the plan was completely prevented ; the conspirators were disarmed, and the soldiery proved faithful to the oath they had taken ; all the corpcare said td have vied with each other' on this momentous occasion, in defence of the Law and the Throne, and being supported by the acclamations of the'populace, the hour destined for rebellion and. anarchy passed over in tranquillity. We hasten to lay hefare our ll,eaders a Supplement to the Lisbon Gazelle, which was issued during the same night, together with other Extracts of these Papers down: to the 26th of August, at which time order had been entirely rtestablished. SUPPLEMENT TO THE LISBON GAZETTE. LISBON, AUG. '22. U AUTHORITY. The extraordinary spectacle which this night disturbed this capital, and gave , ano th er opportun i ty to di sp l ay t h e noble spirit that animate its inhabitants, must necessari ly have excited the p u bli c anxiety; , and in spite. of the happy result obtained by, energetic measures, the i h°" , sect explanations ecimiehmunaltaionnscews,hictiblereivlearailey circulate on sions, doubtless alarmed all the friends of legiti mate o n ar i ld uCh such-occa sions, succinct, but accurate account, .which.clest b i elli l on hnind in famy,tranquillizedisastrousof as well as of the happy for the most a night,,or, rather (lay, of triumph glory, nation; l a cause vchieh .holy cause of the King, and of t he titre, and by our love, by is one and indivieibleby its own na Sovereignwho has united event; d whie r h ° turned it into the generosity and justicaof a , them for ever by of a handful of wicked intriguers, An insane conspiracy, i m morality, who want, notwith already , known for theirc_i blessings,. when perverse nit. etandipg, to recogniT t s o i I embrace theM bad citizens anti tare has not the 1 vvlconceived, intheir frenzied imagination, the worse. subjects, r eb elling against their legitimate King „and mad, project of . . such strong tie s. of annihilating the sacred institutions, natural Sovere?gil , porfestehrireaStir and, and hie pro- A g from the throne, ,have their origin in 1 which, and their foundation in justice; and which, guaran insure . odious, in its Objects as' in its chiefs must ,-,nnspirsq) " _ • of • its . , , - - - tejoiarily procure instruments i own enararter. l o ic t;ier revolutions originated in the rising of the populace, lit i e tt f t n y r g e , 'file reci c, P b r e "'a 'g l e r n l a g' ra bt l s or the revolt of the armed force. This availed itself of a corps exprestlyinstituted for the protection of the citizens, and the maintenance of public order, and which for these reasons ought more than any other to refrain from taking part in the - smallest commotion, whatever may be the grounds of it. - The corps of Cav a l r y o f t h e Police, ex cited and directed by chiefs not belonging to that ''carp's, with a part of the i n f a ntry, was t o mor a l, between midnight and one o'eloc, • - to the Pampa Pequeno, and there wait to be joined by some corps of the capital, which they hoped to hive exin taminated. If, realizing their foolish hopes, they were . joined by a considerable ntnber, they -were 'to proceetto the ceremony of proclaiming a new King and new Regency, destroying, with the• legitimacy 'Of the SOvereigri and , of the Governtrierit, the institntioni of his wisdom; establish ing the absurd system of absolute power WhiCh tipver governed or Pre's;ltiled in Portugal, till after Portugal ceved to be that heroic and renowned nation which astonished Europe by,its great . deeds and its riches; and in prop . ttott as arbitrary power rose, we gradually declined,to the state of insignificance to which we were so long reduced, and in which we should still be without the powerful arm of our magnanimous restorer: In case they should not collect a sufficient force to Per petrate the parricide, they intended — to proceed to V illa France, there to watch the Movements of the capital and its garrison • and if these. were not favourable to them , to follow the footsteps of the disbanded regiments (the 2d of cavalry and 17th . of infantry,) and to desert to Sp ain! But Providence, which watches over the Portug uese nation audits august dynasty—the hand.of God, which is extended over good kings, reduced to nothing the chime rical projects of the ill-dispoied... The government , which does not slumber in the difficult circumstances O f the Country, and which has marked and constantly obser ves•all those who merit its distrust, baffled the wicked consP irae Y; and the measures taken were so opportunely ana so well planned, that the whole plot was defeated; the four companies of cavalry of police, which d we n re th e e chief instruments of the rebellion, were disarmed; ath whole garrison of the capital, animated by the best spirit , appeared the faithful supporters of the legitimate throne, and of the public liberties; all the corps . vied with each other in zeal and disi.ipline. An innumerable multitude of citizens accompanitid with acchunatiOns the faithful defenders of the law end the King, and the hour destined for anarchy and rebellion passed ever in tranquillity. It is hardly necessary to observe that the fll(i i a was purely passive in this, as in all revolts the officers gradually demora lized them by inspiring hatred of the peaceable eitizeps,d AA . 1* fection to the King and to his laws, and making them coneeti% ::. false and fatal ideas of the degenerating system W 111 01 Majesty has thought fit to establish in these kingdom.- and which, in spite of its infamous enemies, wi ll be as. thi.s. able as the nation of which it will constitute the happl! 4 , e. , All measures, all precautions are taken, for t he total ao,. struction of the crime, and the exemplary punishment the criminals. Be at ease then honourable Portuguese, me and bless Pro vidence which has minifestly protected us in. this ever morable day. The Gazette of this. date contains sonic relle i r l t t iot so ;he conspiracy; the Editor observes, that there $ cor ps much reason to be surprised at this treason rejus e which, with very few exceptions, is compose" the • of all the corps of the.army. . t o Don ,Ana. ?I.—The Princess Regent has appoin o f Jose Joaquim Rodrigues de Bastros to the Pc's tendant-Generat of the Ciiiiitat and the King,d' n " . ...n.seca - The Governor of Tras4w-Montes writes from BiPtT rc . A i r a let (the 'l6th); that the measures . he has adopted c moos, AvG: n ` 2 -:• 01, stored tranquillity and order in the Province; ter of the, same date, at midnight, sa d ' n d 'tot I . l not learned, that the rebels were greatly dissatisfied 1 . 0 ,. having met with the decisive support which had been p _ mired them on the part of the Spanish Government; !It; Intendant-General of the Province into which the): te fled, having declared to them that they were soborthn i to him, and prohibiting them, under the strictest respo con, bility, from meddling in any manner in the political cerns of the two nations. The Governor of Alentejo writes from Estremas, Aug' 21, that General Azeredo, commanding the troops, " I° , r to him from Villa Vicosa the (lay before, that the 11.10 were disarmed; that; on the 17th they marched to 'tab' mails de la Parca Serena, twenty-eight leagues from tb e fmntierm, and that he was assured, that the Spanish O° he says lie h vernment had only given orders to furnish them with bare ' The governors of Minh° and of Algarve, write tlist All continued tranquil there; the same in the other prOVil iCe :.; AUGUST 26.—A notice from the war office, signe d 7' the Minister, speaks in high terms of the behaviour of t' le troops employed to disarm the conspirators. " The Prine' s Regent," he says, knows that these alarms are the unbsrl'Y consequencei of the clandestine machinations of men, who desire to perpetrate abuses which may feed t' le 7 pride and encourage their crimes. Her Highness kl; that among the absurdities brought forward by the pr eac h is of anarchy, they never forget to say that a king w. , nn ° o absent is not a king; but they do not.reinember that v"„ e Alfonso V., was called the African, because he 04 % fought in Africa ; that Sebastian fell prematurely , 01 ° 0 4 gloriously in Africa; and that many of our kings Ayer those absent from Portugal, and that the Portuguese 0- days, followed them, fought and fell by their never rebelled in their absence. t° " The army will observe (her Highness orders i d no , s' repeat). the different treatment reserved for LAIC- o f rebellion : the former acquires praise, the recomPel: of the Sovereign, the blessings of families, the gra titu ten pt, the country ; ,the, latter, punishment, dishonour , and the gallows.. f rider of " If the obedient soldier is the ornament, the' or the King, the Country,. the Throne, and the Al7 O the rebellious soldier is a ferocious pretoriani sold highet bidder, worthy of' execration and of dot,'" r e do " Her Highness, in the name of 'the .I(htit r t . ° " t° s;dr, pint IV. her August Brother and King, again ot" c loya lty repeat, that, the reward and the punishment doe tQ vvit i i or to rebellion, shall be distributed promptly 11941 sit eve r y even hand. The same fate, the same disgrace, o:relatives; corps, every individual, wh o is mo re swayed !' ' or % hid , t he and rebellion, than by virt ue and the fidelitY sov ereign' Portuguese always showed to their legitims t " JOAO CARLOS 1)t 4 " OLIVEIRA E uc PINTO," (A true copy) Since w riting t — h — e foregoing ar ticle,vre 115vc riceivet ' i a :letter from an officer belonging to " t °f r it: c M h .‘ a t ra J c E te T r Y to ts plot as not having been extensively ti s i h is ip t s o i n i s i p t i h ra e cl T ,. au i s . , hi g s i l v e i t n t gL a d . ! e s : ib s-e e ' s - t h e . was l magnified by the apprehensionfosrionle'd.o' : 4 111' '. :I itt )*Iti e the question of a visit to the fla g as to Ag it ighnees, who was so much alarmed Or ' or to be P ship, irow tected h h ..y : a ~o d y _ g uard o f mar i nes from the squat.. ut Her Royal Highness was, however, either of these measures being. resorted to. ti, Rear-Admiral Sir R. W. OTIVAY, ill the aggliis Proc eed t° : had arrived in the Taus, but ivas to coi r t r lm he an l d ett a e t r l g t o io e . s d o e, n J t a o ne e i:o on the 30 t h ' 00 0 press an , will now remain quiet---fur a little time. pacified with° gal; We received and the .Etolle dated Tuesday m or l dt ning. T he contradicts the statement made by the Drareali;7„i and C ons tit zt ti onn ei, that 4,0 00 m en under th.o°'`mi:, ES ,Proc1017: last nig,lit the Paris PaP ers of of MisAs, have over-run C atalonia CHARL the V. The plagu e a pp ears to ba Oak! great ravages in Tarsus. 20th e accounte from Lihbon come dwn o to the V Th • rucr ei Auguat only, aod,kieb nothing,new, exefiltP , h , of the PRINCESS REGENT', fixing the place for meeting of the Ch ambers of Peers and elle' Mt the coast of Candia, the Sybille has sailed for that poini. Two of the vessels of war which, were contracted to tie built for the Pacha's account, at Marseilles, are arrived, and a third, commanded by M. 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